He played football at Booker T Washington High School and won a scholarship to play football at Xavier University. He was captain of the football team before he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After his honorable discharge, he returned to Xavier to finish his degree. After graduation, he completed his Kinesiotherapy training at Tuskegee Institute before accepting an assignment at the St. Cloud VA. Soon after, he married his college sweetheart Willie Mae Young. He worked at the VA until the beginning of 1997. His volunteer work includes serving as President of the St. Cloud chapter of the NAACP, member of the board of the first St. Cloud Human Rights Commission, serving on the Deacon Board and as an Elder at Calvary Baptist Church, taught Sunday school, and belonged to several ecuminical Bible studies in town. He worked with New Beginnings, was a member of the Twin Cities Reel and Trigger Club, and was a board member of the first YMCA in St. Cloud. He was a winner of the Mayor’s High Five Award. He worked as a volunteer football, basketball and baseball coach at Holy Spirit school, Calvary and in the local Babe Ruth league. He is survived by his wife, Willie Mae; son, Clarence White, Saint Paul; daughter, Charlotte Ashanti (Malachi), Brooklyn Park; son, Michael White, Southfield, MI; daughter, Jennifer Boyce (Jesse), Chicago; grandson, Sidney Carlson White; granddaughters, Kamarah Ashanti and Nyah Ashanti; and sister, Eunice Thompson (Jesse) of Cerritos, CA.
He played football at Booker T Washington High School and won a scholarship to play football at Xavier University. He was captain of the football team before he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After his honorable discharge, he returned to Xavier to finish his degree. After graduation, he completed his Kinesiotherapy training at Tuskegee Institute before accepting an assignment at the St. Cloud VA. Soon after, he married his college sweetheart Willie Mae Young. He worked at the VA until the beginning of 1997. His volunteer work includes serving as President of the St. Cloud chapter of the NAACP, member of the board of the first St. Cloud Human Rights Commission, serving on the Deacon Board and as an Elder at Calvary Baptist Church, taught Sunday school, and belonged to several ecuminical Bible studies in town. He worked with New Beginnings, was a member of the Twin Cities Reel and Trigger Club, and was a board member of the first YMCA in St. Cloud. He was a winner of the Mayor’s High Five Award. He worked as a volunteer football, basketball and baseball coach at Holy Spirit school, Calvary and in the local Babe Ruth league. He is survived by his wife, Willie Mae; son, Clarence White, Saint Paul; daughter, Charlotte Ashanti (Malachi), Brooklyn Park; son, Michael White, Southfield, MI; daughter, Jennifer Boyce (Jesse), Chicago; grandson, Sidney Carlson White; granddaughters, Kamarah Ashanti and Nyah Ashanti; and sister, Eunice Thompson (Jesse) of Cerritos, CA.
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